Anadolu Efes hosted Olimpia Milano in the 9th week match of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. The students of Ergin Ataman, who dominated the match from start to finish, were victorious 80-51 and got their 4th victory.
Anadolu Efes hosted Olimpia Milano in the 9th week of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Our Representative; Micic, Beaubois, Elijah, Polonara and Zizic were the five leading the match, while the first points of the game came three points behind Polonara and were leading 3-0 in the first minute. After three minutes of silence, Micic’s hit brought the score to 5-8. Efes regained the lead in the seventh minute after Pleiss’ five points and Clyburn’s three-pointer: 13-12.
In the remaining section, the Navy and Whites scored two points with Beaubois and three points with Micic, and the first 10 minutes of the game ended with an 18-18 draw. When the score was 18-23 in the first two minutes of the second period, coach Ergin Ataman took a time-out. After Micic’s hit at the time-out, our representative, who had an 8-0 series with M’Baye, Beaubois and Elijah, leveled the score at 16:30: 28-28. After the points of Clyburn and Pleiss, the first half of the match ended 34-34.
Efes started the second half with a 10-0 series with Beaubois, Clyburn and Micic trio and scored 44-34 in the 23rd minute. With M’Baye’s three pointer, they were ahead 47-34 in the 25th minute. Protecting the difference with Clyburn and Pleiss’s points, Micic’s under the basket determined the score of the third quarter: 55-41.
The first points in the final period came with Clyburn’s three pointer: 58-41. Efes hit Beaubois’s only foul line, and Clyburn hit another three-pointer, increasing the lead to 21 points in the 31st minute: 62-41. Pleiss and M’Baye also contributed to the score in this episode, and the score came to 72-45 in the 35th minute. Following the numbers of Micic, Elijah and M’Baye, who maintained their dominance in the remaining section, Ergin Ataman’s students; They won the match 80-51 and got their 4th victory.